Alyssa Coletti’s work is distinguished by warm, unexpected details and materials used in ways that feel both honest and surprising. She is the founder of Nonfiction Creative, a furniture design studio specializing in workplace, hospitality, and residential furniture. Guided by empathy and a commitment to timelessness, she creates enduring furniture that unites expressive form with comfort, function, and manufacturability.
Since founding Nonfiction Creative in 2010, Coletti’s collaborators have included Teknion, Studio TK, DARRAN, HBF, Martin Brattrud, Gunlocke, and Decca. Her honors include Interior Design magazine’s 2025 HiP Product Designer of the Year, HiP and Best of Year awards and finalist recognitions, Best of NeoCon Editor’s Choice, Gold, and Silver awards, The Architect’s Newspaper Best of Products awards, and Metropolis Likes awards. Coletti holds a degree in industrial design from Purdue University. She has worked in-house at Bernhardt Design, Lenovo, and Williams-Sonoma Home and taught product design at Appalachian State University.
photography by Emily Lyons-Wood